Newtown struggles with how to go on

'We have to. We have a lot of children left'

3:30 AM,
Dec. 16, 2012

Mourners pay their respects Saturday at a memorial for shooting victims near Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Conn. A gunman walked into Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown on Friday and opened fire, killing 26 people, including 20 children.

Written by

John Christoffersen
and Matt Apuzzo

Investigators tried to figure out what led a bright but awkward 20-year-old to slaughter 26 children and adults at a Connecticut elementary school, while townspeople took down some of their Christmas decorations and struggled Saturday with how to go on.

Chief Medical Examiner Dr. H. Wayne Carver said all the victims at the school were shot with a semiautomatic rifle, at least some of them up close, and all of them were apparently shot more than once. All six adults killed Friday at the Sandy Hook Elementary School were women. Of the 20 children, eight were boys and 12 were girls. All the children ...